Reminiscence of a Fort Union Trader and Fort Peck Tale
An account recalls Electra Bryant, a trader in Missouri river journeys, and Indian encounters. It notes a near attack avoided when recognizing the trader's father, contrasts him with predecessor Kenneth McKenzie, and praises the trader’s leadership, height, and trust with diverse tribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electra Bryant
Milk River
Fort Peck Reservation
Kenneth McKenzie
Fort Union
McKenzie
American Fur Company
Biography of a Fur Trader from Chambersburg to Montana
Joseph Culbertson recounts Hiram M. Chittenden's biographical sketch noting his father born Palmyra Pennsylvania in May 1809, education there, westward move in 1829, Fur Company service from St Louis to Fort Berthold Fort McKenzie and Blackfeet country, fortune and downfall, with later life near Peoria and Montana. The narrative ends with a summer 1862 journey and a note that Henry Plummer was in love.
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Hiram M. Chittenden
Far West
Chambersburg
John Culbertson
Florida
American Fur Company
Palmyra
Palmyra Academy
Pennsylvania
Lebanon County
West
St. Louis
Pierre Chouteau
Fort Berthold
North Dakota
Lower Gros Ventres
Chouteau
Blackfeet
Missouri River
Hudson Bay
Fort McKenzie
Missouri
Marins
Fort Benton
Peoria
Ill
Montana
Indian Country
Smead Eagle
Sun ‘River Crossing
Henry Plummer
Oseph Culbertson
Montana Newspaper Association
Alexander Culbertson
Joseph Culbertson
War Department
Upper
Missouri River Country
Oldest Chippewa dies at Cass Lake after 137 years
Wrinkled Meat Ga bene gwan wone, called Wrinkled Meat, long said to be the oldest person on earth, died last week at Cass Lake Minnesota at age 137. He recalled events from 1785 and described leading a Chippewa party to visit the Blackfeet and fight Sioux enemies during early 1800s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis and Clark
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Lake Country
Minnesota
Big Mountains
Cass Lake
United States
The
United
Au Remsister
Wrinkled Meat
Blackfeet
Cuticura Remedies Promoted for Sore Hands
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for soaking hands, Cuticura Ointment for drying and rubbing, and Cuticura Powder for use with tissue. It claims Cuticura products serve multiple household skin care needs.
Fort Missoula Reoccupied by Troops After 8 Years
Fort Missoula once more houses troops as the Stars and Stripes fly and bugles sound. The 1877 settlement history notes Major McGinnis influence, colonels Gilbert Merritt and C. C. Gilbert, and the Nez Perces march past the Bitter Root river site.
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Fort Missoula
Vera H. Knowles
Fort Missoula Officers Quarters and Barracks History
The Twenty-fifth Infantry relieved the Third in 1888 and remained until 1898 when moved for the Spanish-American War. From 1898 to 1901 Sergeant A. Pillow led a Sixth Cavalry detachment. In August 1901 Captain Perkins led Eighth Infantry to the fort until June 1902, followed by four companies arriving soon after.
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Seventieth Infantry
Colored Infantry
Sixth Infantry
Fourteenth
Eighteenth Infantry
Brewer
Fifty-eighth Infantry
Fort Missoula
Fort George Wright
Fort Lawton
Gettysburg National Park
Pennsylvania
Fourth Infantry
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Third Infantry
A. Pillow
Sixth Cavalry
Eighth Infantry
Perkins
Eighth
Fifty-Eighth Infantry History and World War I Deployments
The Fifty-eighth Infantry traces early activity from Fort Fizzle near Lolo to the Battle of the Big Hole and the transfer to Camp Greene. It details mobilization in 1917 at Missoula, deployment to France in 1918, combat across key offensives, and postwar occupation duties ending with stationing at Camp Lewis and Fort Wright under Colonel Ballou.
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Lolo
Joseph
Big Hole
Pickett
Camp Greene
North Carolina
Camp Mills
Long Island
New York
France
H. M. S. Moldavia
Fifty-eighth Infantry
Germany
Fifty-eighth
Hoboken
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Camp Lewis
Washington
Ballou
Fort Wright
Mullay
Missoula
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By Joseph Culbertson
Plummer
McGinnis
Wesley Merritt
C. C. Gilbert
Bitter Root River
Gilbert
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Philippine Islands
Senator Dixon
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